In his new autobiography Zayn (out today), pop star Zayn Malik writes candidly about a slew of personal problems he faced while in the band One Direction.
“I have come to terms with since leaving the band… that I was suffering from an eating disorder,” he writes.
It got quite serious, although at the time I didn’t recognize it for what it was.”
“Food was something I could control, so I did.”
“I had lost so much weight I had become ill. The workload and the pace of life on the road put together with the pressures and strains of everything going on within the band had badly affected my eating habits.”
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As The Sun reports, Malik also suffered from severe bouts of anxiety:
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On the morning of the 2016 Capital Radio Summertime Ball, an anxiety attack hit me like a f***ing freight train. I felt sick. I couldn’t breathe.
“The idea of it totally freaked me out and I was paralyzed with anxiety.
“This overwhelming fear just kicked in out of nowhere, bringing with it a s***storm of self-doubt.
“When my management team came over to see what was wrong, I was on total psychological lockdown. I would make a move to walk out of the house, to get into a car that would then drive me to Wembley, but I could only manage a few paces before I hit an imaginary wall. It stopped me in my tracks, and I would have to sit down again.”
h/t: Attitude
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Constantly counting the calories of various drugs must take all the fun out of it. Poor guy.
jkthsnk
Being a junkie’ll do that.
ChrisK
Oh god. The hardships of being a boyband member. Ha. I guess I’d be stressed too if I had to lip sinc the bee bop to thousands of little screaming girls.
Bauhaus
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID:
Pills and pot for the calorie conscious, but the munchies can wreak havoc on the weak-willed.
zaneymcbanes
Poor guy 🙁
Aromaeus
I’m sure having to carry the groups vocals didn’t help with his stress either.
crowebobby
Hard to believe there are still people who think depression and anxiety attacks are dependent upon how much money and success you do or don’t have. About a third of world can take a look at your bank accounts and piss over every problem you’ve ever had, including the deaths of your lovers.
Manchester
Yawn
BriBri
^^Typical nasty, haughty queens.
jag4313
Eating disorders stick with you forever. He may overcome the disorder but it will ALWAYS be in the back of his mind. I’ve suffered for 20 years with Anorexia Nervosa. I hope he’ll be able to at least control it like I have.
jdboston617
How can you write an autobiography at 23 years old especially since he is referring to something that happened 5 months ago. Sorry. It’s kinda hard to swallow, sorry about the pun.
Bauhaus
@jag4313:
Godspeed